National Symphony: Durufle's Requiem & Debussy
At the baton for the National Symphony Orchestra is Scottish conductor Donald Runnicles, who returns to the Kennedy Center Concert Hall after his successful 2015 debut for a sure-to-be-stirring version of Maurice Durufle's Requiem. Mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, baritone Christian Bowers and the University of Maryland Concert Choir lend their voices to the performance as well, for this WWII-era work that incorporates dramatic Gregorian chants. The NSO is also set to perform Debussy's Three Nocturnes and new orchestrations of the French composer's Four Préludes by Colin Matthews.
At the baton for the National Symphony Orchestra is Scottish conductor Donald Runnicles, who returns to the Kennedy Center Concert Hall after his successful 2015 debut for a sure-to-be-stirring version of Maurice Durufle's Requiem. Mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, baritone Christian Bowers and the University of Maryland Concert Choir lend their voices to the performance as well, for this WWII-era work that incorporates dramatic Gregorian chants. The NSO is also set to perform Debussy's Three Nocturnes and new orchestrations of the French composer's Four Préludes by Colin Matthews.
